B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

ACR Clinical Research Conference
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
B406
Admission to the ACR Clinical Research Conference requires a
separate registration.
Quality Improvement and Evidence Implementation
Research
Session Overview:
Few topics in modern medicine evoke as much heated
discussion and debate among both clinicians and researchers
as quality measurement and quality improvement. While
international efforts to tie reimbursement to health care quality
are accelerating, there is also a growing body of research
supporting methodology to implement evidence into practice. In
the era of comparative effectiveness research, even the National
Institutes of Health is expressing interest in type II translational
research that utilizes methods of epidemiology, health services
research and behavioral medicine. A growing number of
rheumatologists throughout the world have been engaged
in such investigations and this conference will have special
appeal to this expanding cadre, along with epidemiologists and
outcomes researchers. Given the direct relevance of this topic to
clinical care, it is anticipated that it will be of special interest to
practicing clinicians as well.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• describe current research on quality improvement in
rheumatic diseases
• examine the research methods appropriate to assessment of
quality improvement and identify strengths and weaknesses
of various study designs
• describe the evidence for successful quality improvement
interventions including cluster randomized trials, academic
detailing, registries in persons with rheumatic diseases
• assess the ACR approaches to fostering the documentation of
quality indicators
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM
Introduction
Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc; University of Alabama-Birmingham;
Birmingham, AL
Session I: The Essentials
Moderator: Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD; University of
Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX
8:15 AM
Overview of Translating Evidence Into Practice
Jeroan Allison, MD, MS; University of Massachusetts Medical
School; Worchester, MA
8:45 AM
Measuring Performance and Care Gaps in Musculoskeletal
Medicine
Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD; WellPoint, Inc.; Westlake
Village, CA
9:30 AM
Group Randomized Trial Designs to Improve Quality
David M. Murray, PhD; Ohio State University, College of Public
Health; Columbus, OH
10:00 - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Popular Methods to Improve Care: Benefit or Boondoggle?
Stephen Soumerai, ScD; Harvard Medical School; Boston, MA
11:00 AM
Implementation Research and Functional Status
John Ware, PhD; University of Massachusetts Medical School;
Worchester, MA
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Boxed Lunch
12:30 PM
Quality Improvement vs. Evidence Implementation: Point-
Counterpoint
Richard S. Gitomer, MD, MBA; Emory University Hospital
Midtown; Atlanta, GA
Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD; University of Massachusetts Medical
School; Worchester, MA
1:30 PM
Persuading National Healthcare Providers to Improve Use
of Drugs of and Devices in Musculoskeletal Disorders in the
United Kingdom
Alastair R. McLellan, MD; University of Glasgow, Western
Infirmary; Glasgow, United Kingdom
Session II: Applications to Musculoskeletal Medicine
Moderator: J. Timothy Harrington, MD; University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
2:00 pm
Adherence to Musculoskeletal Therapy and Methods to
Improve It
Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MPH; University of Alabama – Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
2:30 PM
Approaches to Improve Osteoporosis Quality of Care
Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH; Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Boston, MA
3:00 - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Rapid Cycle Quality Improvement in Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Eric Newman, ScD; Harvard Medical School; Boston, MA
4:00 PM
Using Registries to Improve Quality: The Example of Building a
Pediatric Network
Esi Morgan DeWitt, MD; Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
4:30 PM
ACR Efforts to Document and Improve Quality: RCR and Beyond
Salahuddin Kazi, MD; Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center;
Dallas, TX
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Networking Reception
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